CV porkers

[StSanta]

CV's are just bloody annoying. More power to the kamikaze pilots  .

And it "was a valid historical approach".

 


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Von Santa
Staffelkapitän 9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
"If you return from a mission with a victory, but without your Rottenflieger, you have lost your battle."
- D. Hrabak, JG 54 "Grünherz"

[Torgo]

The damage a CV could take varied wildly. The key is whether you could start a fire. One bomb starting the right fire could take down a whole ship.

The CV we have in Aces High is an Essex-class CV..none were ever sunk, but Franklin came close...and that was from only two bombs, that started a fire that killed over 700 of the crew and almost caused the ship to be abandoned.

A big problem is the distinction between sunk and just not able to fly aircraft. One bomb on the flight deck can shut down takeoffs and landings...but not be enough to sink a CV.